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Rehearsals

Thursday, December 19 – Technical Rehearsal
Alan Harvey Theater, Piedmont (800 Magnolia Ave., Piedmont)
Arrive in regular ballet uniform
4:00pm Arrival – Battle Scene, Ballet 6, and Guest Artists (Mice, Soldiers, Clara, Nutcracker Prince, Mouse Queen, Drosselmeyer)
4:15-5:00pm Ballet 6 Warm-up Class in Lobby
4:30-5:15pm Battle Scene Blocking and Run-Thru
4:30pm Arrival – Party Scene (Party Boys & Girls, Fritz, Party Parents, Maids, Governess, Dolls)
5:15-6:00pm Party Scene Blocking and Run-Thru
6:00pm Snow & Act 2 Blocking and Run-Thru
7:00pm Garlands Pick-up
7:30pm Ballet 4-5 Divertissements Pick-up
8:30pm Ballet 6 Pick-up

Friday, December 20 – Dress Rehearsal
Alan Harvey Theater, Piedmont (800 Magnolia Ave., Piedmont)
Arrive with hair and make-up performance ready. 
Ballet 1 & 2- Regular uniform
Ballet 3 & 4-5 – Nude liner, pink tights, assigned shoes
Ballet 6 – Regular uniform for warm-up class

4:00pm Ballet 6 and Guest Artists Arrival
4:15-5:00pm Ballet 6 Warm-up Class in Lobby
4:00pm Ballet 1 Arrival
4:30–5:00pm Ballet 1 On Stage Rehearsal (in costume)
5:30pm Ballet 1 Pick-up
4:30pm Ballet 2-5 Arrival
5:30pm Cast A Dress Rehearsal (Party Scene and Battle Scene only)
6:30pm Cast B Dress Rehearsal (Full Performance, No Gingersnaps)
8:00pm Ballet 2 & 3 Pick-up 
9:00pm Ballet 4-5 & 6 Pick-up

Saturday, December 21, Performances at 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm
Alan Harvey Theater, Piedmont (800 Magnolia Ave., Piedmont)
Arrive with hair and make-up performance ready.
Ballet 1 & 2- Regular uniform
Ballet 3 & 4-5 – Nude liner, pink tights, assigned shoes
Ballet 6 – Regular uniform for warm-up class

10:00am Ballet 6 and Guest Artists Arrival & Notes on Stage
10:15-11:15am Ballet 6 Warm-up Class on Stage
11:30am Ballet 1-5 Arrival
12:30pm Ballet 1-5 Notes in Dressing Room
1:00pm Performance
3:00pm Cast Photo on Stage
5:00pm Performance
7:00pm Pick-up

REQUIRED SUPPLIES

Below is a list of supplies needed for the Nutcracker performances. Please purchase these items based on your dancer’s casting. Some items will need to be brought to BCB by a certain date. 

Please make sure that your dancer wears layers when arriving at BCB and the theater. All tops should be zip-up or button-up so that it doesn’t need to be pulled off over their heads. Students should bring a “nice” outfit (no sweatpants/sweatshirts) to wear after the performances to greet family members and friends in the lobby.

Hair

All students will need to have the below hair supplies backstage for each performance. Students should arrive at BCB and the theater with their hair already done. Please bring the following supplies in case touch-ups are needed.

  • Hair pins
  • Bobby pins
  • Hair nets
  • Strong hold hair gel (no hairspray is allowed in the theater)
  • Hairbrush and comb

Please use strong hold hair gel  to ensure that there are no fly-aways and that hair will be able to withstand hats, wigs, masks, and hairpieces being taken on and off. 

Ballet 1 – Low bun, no part
Ballet 2 – High bun
Ballet 3 – Braids to fit under their wig and soldier hat (Party Boys), or high bun (Party Girls)
Ballet 4-5 – High bun
Ballet 6 – High bun 

Make-up

Students in Ballet 3 and up will wear stage make-up. We will hold a “Stage Make-up Lesson” for these classes, dates TBD. Ballet 1 and Ballet 2 students do not need to wear any make-up.

Students should arrive with their makeup already done for Studio Dress Rehearsal, Dress Rehearsal, and the performances, but we recommend that students bring all make-up supplies in case touch-ups are needed. 

Required Make-up (Ballet 3 and up only)

  • Foundation – one shade darker than your skin-tone
  • Black waterproof mascara
  • Black or dark brown eye-liner
  • Dark brown eyeshadow
  • Blush
  • Red lipstick – Revlon Certainly Red
  • False eyelashes (Ballet 6 only)
  • Make-up remover (wipes are recommended for easy removal)
  • Supplies for applying make-up

Required Apparel
All students

  • New uniform ballet shoes
  • New uniform tights

Ballet 3

Ballet 4-5 & 6

Ballet 6